GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| amend | to put right |